Chapter 16

Something Dramatic Like This

Disclaimer: Whatever….I don't own anything, blah, blah, blah…(Title comes from Bethany Joy/Joie Lenz/Joie/Bethany Joy Lenz/Bethany Joy Galeotti's song Ophelia.)

(Also, I'm doing have the chapter on Jude's bed rest, and the other half on them shopping for things for the twins…I don't want to get too deep into bed rest though…I would just like to get across what it was like for her…)

Who needs introduction to this next part…Just as it's stated…Something Dramatic Like This, because trust me, it was about to get dramatic,…very dramatic…Where this starts, she'd been on bed rest for almost 3 months. She was almost 7 months pregnant, and beginning to get on my nerves…

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Tommy woke up to see Jude curled up next to him. He was quiet not to wake her, as he slid out of bed. Once she woke up, god knew she'd start in on him. He walked out of the bedroom after pulling on a wife- beater with "So What If I Can't Dance? I'm A Rock Star!" printed across the front, and a pair of discarded faded and ripped jeans. He walked down the hallway towards the stairs in his brand new house. After finding out about the twins, Tommy and Jude had decided they needed a bigger place, and Tommy decided to lighten the mood on the fact that Jude was on bed rest, by offering to have their dream house built. Almost 2 months after the building had begun, it was finished. Jude was in love with the house, and Tommy was in love with Jude, so he had no problem with it. They had yet to begin contributing to the twin's rooms, but Tommy had assured Jude that as soon as she was off bed rest, they'd begin shopping. A reluctant Jude had agreed.

Anyway, Tommy stood, slaving over the stove, and continued mixing together the chocolate chips and pancake batter (That so sounds good to me right now!). After finishing mixing it, he went to the fridge, and poured a glass of orange juice for her. Following that, he finished up making the pancakes, grabbed a sweater, and quietly exited the house. He ran (Literally) down to the corner florist, and bought a group of roses. After getting exactly what he wanted, he ran back to the house, and quietly shut the door. He found a vase big enough to fit all the flowers, cut the stems, and then filled the vase with water before grabbing the teddy-bears that he'd bought the day before. They had on a one-zie that said "my mommy is Jude Harrison." He had one in pink and one in white. He put one near the bottom of the vase, and then the other closer to the top, facing the other way. He put the vase, and her freshly cooked pancakes onto a tray along with some maple syrup and sausage, and her o.j., and then walked up to the bedroom, making sure he made plenty of noise so she'd wake up. When he opened the door, she propped herself up on her elbows, smiling.

"Morning Beautiful…" He whispered, as he walked over to her.

"Tommy….you didn't have to do all of this."

"Yeah, I know…happy birthday…" He smiled, looking at her.

"God, is it really?" He nodded, and let out a small laugh.

"You forgot your birthday?"

"Well I didn't really think about doing anything, considering I'm on bed rest and pregnant…"

"Well, I have many presents for you, but here's 3 of them." He took the vase off the tray, as she set it aside and sat up. He handed it too her, and she looked at all the flowers.

"There's 4 white roses, for every year that we've known each other, 7 Red for how many months we've been married, 2 for each of the two inside of you…one blue, one pink…5 Yellow roses for how many albums you've release, and 1, purple rose, for the year I spent acting like an idiot, trying to deny that I was in love with you….19 in total…for your birthday…" She looked up at him in amazement, and then kissed him before tears filled her eyes. They both laughed a little.


"I'm sorry, hormones…"

"Shh…it's fine…" She looked at the two bears on the vase, and pulled them off before setting the vase on the night stand. She read the front of the one-zies, and then laughed.

"I had them specially made yesterday…"

She smiled as more tears filled her eyes, and they laughed again. "I'm sorry!"

"It's fine…" He kissed her head, but decided she wanted more, and kissed him hard.

"Jude, are you sure… you're almost 7 months pregnant…"

"Yeah, and I look 4…"

"I don't want to push to do anything that might be painful…"

"Tom, its fine…"

He smiled and kissed her again before pulling away.

"mmm…what now, Quincy?"

"I slaved over the stove all morning for you, and the least you could do is set the food somewhere where we aren't going to mush it to pieces, incase you decide to eat it later…"


She picked up the tray, and handed it to him so he could set it aside. After setting it aside he walked back over to her, and they began to lay down, when she stopped him.

"Ow…" He immediately pulled himself off of her, and laid on the side of her.

"You sure you wanna do this?"

"Mmhmm….Absolutely positive…"

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Tommy woke up and looked at the clock. It read 11:08.

"Jude…we should get up…You have a doctor's appointment at 1…"

He lightly shook her, but she stayed sleeping.

"Come, on baby…you have to get up…"

He shook her lightly again, but nothing changed.

His mind went into panic mode. He put a hand near her mouth, and felt a feint breath.

Then he checked for a pulse, which was also feint, but enough to get her to the emergency room. He hopped out of bed, and pulled on his discarded clothes, followed by wrapping her in a blanket, and rushing out of the house. He left so quickly, he didn't notice the blood stain on the bed…..

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The doctors told me that it was something to do with the fact that Jen's placenta was pulling away from the wall of the Jude's uterus, that cause her to bleed. The doctor wanted to keep her in the hospital, and on bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy, which he only expected to last about a month or so, considering she was delivering twins…And let me tell you, Jude didn't take to that well…

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"It'll be okay, baby…"

Tommy wiped Jude's tears away as her doctor continued.

"While the baby was in danger earlier, it isn't now…we have her stable, and she should be fine…how ever, I would like to keep you on bed rest for the rest of your pregnancy…"

"God no,…Please, anything but that…I've been dying these last 3 months…I can't stand lying there in a bed, just waiting for this to be done…"

"Mrs. Quincy…your daughter is in danger of her life…I don't expect you to carry along much further than another month…I'd also like to keep you here in the hospital so we can keep an eye on you…"

Jude snorted. "You have got to be kidding me…"

"Mrs. Quincy…Obviously there's not much I can do to stop you if you choose not to, but I would like to keep you here…It's in your daughter's best interest…I'll give you two some time to discuss it…"

The doctor exited the room, and Tommy turned back to Jude.

"Babe, I know you hate hospitals, but it is in Jen's best interest. (They'd decided to call the babies by the names they'd chosen for them.)…I'm worried about you and her…"

"I know,…but Tom….I hate this…Never being able to leave my bed,…not even to get something to eat…I'm stuck sitting in bed, watching a movie, reading, or sleeping…and I hate it…I can't write because you guys say it'd be too stressful, and I can't play my guitar, for obvious reasons…I can't go to work…"

"I know baby…It'll all be over soon, and then-"

"Don't you dare…Don't you dare say it'll all go back to normal Quincy…then comes the sleepless nights, the nights rushing one of them to the hospital because they're running a fever, Naps on the job, a dirty house…"

"Jude…come on….What's worse…another month of bed rest, or the possibility of loosing our daughter?"

"Stop it! Take my side for once!" Tears filled her eyes, and he reached up to wipe them away, but she slapped his hand away.

"I am really not in the mood for you to be comforting me right now, Quincy." She spoke sternly.

"Jude….I'm sorry…I didn't mean to upset you…"

"Yeah…right…"

"Yeah, that is right…I didn't really mean to upset you…But…forget it, I'm not fighting with you…or this will just turn into that day at Sadie and Liam's house…"

He got off the bed and sat in his chair next to the bed. There was an angry silence between the two for about 5 minutes before Jude spoke.

"I'm sorry…And I'll stay…I know it's best for the baby, so….I'll stay…" She looked down at Tommy, who still looked angry.

"Come on, Quincy…Don't give me that…these are your children I'm carrying…" He looked up at her, and then got up and walked over.

"I forgive you….and I'm sorry too…"

Tommy embraced Jude in a hug, and they stayed in each other's arms like that until the doctor returned.

"Don't worry…I'm gonna stay…"

Tommy wiped the last of Jude's tears, and then stood. He began to walk back to his chair, when he suddenly began convulsing, and collapsed on the floor.

"Oh my…- Tommy!"

The doctor called for a crash cart, and a gurney, as Jude sat in her bed, freaking out. Not long after, some nurses showed up, and picked him up off the floor, and moving the gurney over the next examining room. Jude waited for about half an hour before getting word on Tommy.

"Is he okay?"

"Mr. Quincy doesn't seem to have anything wrong with him, except for one thing…"

"WHAT?"

"I think that your husband may have become anorexic…"


"Tommy? My Tommy? Anorexic…Yeah, right…"

"Jude, your husband barely weighs 100 pounds…that's why he collapsed."

"I….You…Tom…What?...That's not right…Tommy wouldn't do that…"

Several minutes later, Tommy entered the examining room, and made his way over to Jude.

"Not eating, Tom? God, what's wrong with you?"

"It's not that I chose not to…Just…"

"You were so busy with me…"

"Jude, you and the babies are my main focus…I ate when I could…"

The doctor walked back into the room.

"Either way, Mr. Quincy, you should have been eating more…your weight is barely at 97 pounds...Do you know your normal weight?"

"Uh…somewhere between 130 and 170…"

"A man your height should weigh somewhere within that vicinity…This is extremely low… 10 pounds less, you'd have found yourself in a coma…I want to keep you here also, for about a week, and get you on a fitness regimen….I also don't want to see this happening again…"

"It won't…."

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Needless to say, I got better after that little scare, and after the doctor left the room, I received a little lecture from Jude…That one was a little tougher to deal with, considering it was the one person that needed me most. Jude stayed in the hospital for another month before delivering the twins…